Chapter 200 Rescue
Following this shout, several policemen in uniform hurried up, led by Chai Zhe, the case team leader of Jiyang Town Police Station. He pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the counter, snatched the kitchen knife from Chi Juxiang's hand, frowned and said, "Old man, let's talk nicely. Holding a knife is a different matter."
After Tao Nianqiao disappeared, Chi Juxiang went to the police. It was Chai Zhe who answered the call, investigated the case, and contacted her. Therefore, Chi Juxiang was very familiar with him. When she saw it was him, she obediently handed over the kitchen knife in her hand, raised her finger and pointed at Zhao Qingliu who was covering his face and gritting his teeth, and said loudly: "Officer Chai, you came at the right time. Qiaomei was hidden by this shameless woman, you must take care of it for me."
When he heard the word "Qiaomei", Chai Zhe's face turned serious: "Old man, how do you know that Qiaomei was hidden by the Mo family?"
Before Chi Juxiang could say anything, Zhao Qingliu started to cry out in grievance: "Police comrade, this old woman is going crazy looking for someone, don't listen to her nonsense!"
When Mo Liangcai saw the police, his eyebrows twitched even more. He smiled and said, "Police comrade, this is all a misunderstanding. We live honestly in the town and do business honestly. How could we hide a living person? I don't know what the hell is wrong with this old woman. She came to our door for no reason."
Zhao Qingliu also reacted, tears and snot streaming down her face. She lowered her hands from covering her face, revealing her swollen face. "Look, police comrade! Look! My face was beaten like this by this damn old woman. I'm going to sue her! Arrest her now."
Chai Zhe glanced at Zhao Qingliu, looked at Chi Juxiang with some disapproval, and coughed: "Old man, you... Although we can understand that you are eager to find someone, you should also pay attention to the method."
After teaching Chi Juxiang a lesson, Chai Zhe said to Zhao Qingliu, "Qiaomei is your biological daughter. You didn't get upset when she disappeared for five years, but her grandmother has always remembered it. Don't take it too seriously when your elders teach you a lesson."
Zhao Qingliu was very dissatisfied with Chai Zhe's mediation attitude of giving each of them fifty lashes of the board: "Is she lecturing me? She hit me! Am I just going to let her slap me twice for nothing?"
Mo Liangcai pulled Zhao Qingliu behind him and said, "Forget it. We don't care about the old woman's attack. Let her go quickly. I still have business to do."
Chai Zhe turned around and waved at the villagers, "Fellow villagers, put down your hoes and carrying poles, let's talk it out, don't fight."
The burly man who took the initiative was Tao Dazhuang's cousin Tao Dali. He shouted, "Police comrade, we are here to ask for someone. Let Zhao Qingliu hand over Qiaomei, and then this matter will be over!"
Chi Juxiang was also very determined: "Officer Chai, I can not do anything, but I must go into the Mo family to find her! My Qiaomei has been missing for five years, and I have been looking for her for five years. Zhao Qingliu is a heartless mother who hides her for some shameless things. As a grandmother, I must find Qiaomei."
Mo Liangcai and Zhao Qingliu felt a little nervous and spoke at the same time.
"Don't spit blood on me!"
"I don't know where Qiaomei is."
Chai Zhe asked Chi Juxiang: "Old man, how did you know that Wei Nianqiao was hiding in the Mo family?"
Chi Juxiang had tears in her eyes and stared at Zhao Qingliu. "Don't ask me how I know this, I just know it! I've been looking for Qiaomei for five years, and as long as there's a glimmer of hope, I'll hold on to it. I'm risking my life to go in and search today! If any of you try to stop me, I'll die right here."
Chai Zhe hesitated for a moment and said in a loud voice: "Mo Liangcai, the old lady has been looking for someone for five years, and you all know this. Now she thinks that the person is hiding in your house, so let her go in and take a look, okay? As the saying goes, a person with a clear conscience is not afraid of his own shadow. Since you think that the person is not in your house, let her go in and take a look, and give up this idea. What do you think?"
How about it?
Mo Liangcai almost wanted to swear. The police are clearly biased towards Chi Juxiang, without any evidence. How could they allow outsiders to enter his house to search for someone?
However, the police officers of Jiyang Town Police Station acted conscientiously and responsibly, and they had a good reputation. The town residents would listen to them to mediate any disputes. Now that Chai Zhe had spoken, Mo Liangcai did not dare to hit him with the board, and could only smile bitterly: "Since Officer Chai has spoken, then of course I have no problem."
Zhao Qingliu, with a swollen face, pointed at Chi Juxiang and asked Chai Zhe: "She beat me, how do I deal with this?"
Chi Juxiang said firmly: "If Qiaomei wasn't at your house, I would kowtow to you."
Zhao Qingliu rolled his eyes and immediately replied, "It's a deal!"
Chi Juxiang looked at this vicious woman and said through gritted teeth: "If Qiaomei were here with you, I would chop you into pieces!"
Facing Chi Juxiang's angry eyes, Zhao Qingliu felt frightened.
Mo Liangcai glared at Zhao Qingliu and said, "Take the police and this old woman into the house to look for someone." It's already this late, and she's still here arguing. What a stupid woman!
Zhao Qingliu asked casually: "What about you?"
Mo Liangcai was so angry that his liver hurt. He squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: "I'll guard the store. There are so many people here, don't lose anything."
Zhao Qingliu finally understood, glanced at the shelf, and said to Chi Juxiang, "Let's go! I'll take you to my house to look for him." After saying that, she probably felt that it was not impressive enough, so she added, "If you don't find him, remember to kowtow to me and admit your mistake."
Chai Zhe held Chi Juxiang's arm, and looked at her gray hair, wrinkled face, and tearful eyes, and couldn't help feeling sad.
Thinking of how the old man had traveled all over the town and county to find his granddaughter, and how he still came to the police station every month to inquire even after five years, thinking of Qiaomei, who he had raised and was unloved by her father and mother, Chai Zhe's voice was full of sympathy: "Old man, I'll go in with you to look for her."
Mo Liangcai was standing guard at the counter and refused to move, but Tao Dali pulled him out: "The police are here, why are you still guarding this crappy shop? It's just junk, who wants it?"
Mo Liangcai tried hard to break free from Tao Dali's grip, but unexpectedly Tao Dali was as strong as his name suggested, and dragged him towards the gate.
A group of townspeople were still shouting nearby.
"Boss Mo, we will help you watch the store and make sure no one touches your goods."
"Yes, the police comrades have all gone, it's impossible for you, the male owner, not to come out and greet them, right?"
"You can never make enough money, so don't be too calculative."
Chi Juxiang and Chai Zhe, led by Zhao Qingliu, walked into the Mo family's gate.
Mo Liangcai was pushed out by the crowd, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Xia Mufan walking towards him with his big wolf dog. He turned around and wanted to say something, but Tao Dali dragged his arm forward with all his might.
Mo Liangcai had no choice but to walk into the house and nervously called his parents out to greet Chai Zhe and others, but his ears were perked up, paying attention to what was happening in the store.
"The dog ran away!"
"Chase, chase!"
"Come on, come on, someone come and help..."
Various noises kept coming from the hardware store. Mo Liangcai was uneasy and opened all the doors roughly, even the pigsty and the toilet. "Look, look, where can we hide someone in our house?"
Chi Juxiang was very serious and searched room by room.
While searching, she kept muttering: "Qiaomei, grandma is here. If you hear me, just say hello. Your mom doesn't love you, but grandma does. Your mom doesn't want you, but grandma wants you..."
Zhao Qingliu was annoyed and yelled, "I told you, I don't have any Tibetans, I don't have any Tibetans, why are you always so stubborn? You've already looked for the house and turned over the firewood pile, what else do you want?"
Chai Zhe had been following Chi Juxiang, his eyes warily scanning the two-story building with a yard in front of him.
The Mo family was indeed wealthy. The entire yard, except for the vegetable garden, was paved with cement. The rooms were decorated luxuriously, with marble floors and crystal chandeliers in the living room, and light grey tile floors and brand new furniture in every room. The two old people lived downstairs, while Mo Liangcai and Zhao Qingliu lived upstairs. There was also a room upstairs prepared for Mo Liangcai's married daughter.
Everything was normal and no trace of Tao Nianqiao was found.
Could it be that Chi Juxiang was missing her grandson so much that she imagined it? Thinking of this possibility, Chai Zhe felt even more sad. well! This case was like a huge stone weighing on his heart. It was such a pity that a promising young student was ruined like this.
Zhao Qingliu said proudly: "How is it? Can't find anyone? You old woman, you are crazy. You have to come here to accuse me. Kneel down and kowtow!"
Chi Juxiang's eyes became dim.
Her body began to tremble.
She was so disappointed that she could hardly stand. If Chai Zhe had not quickly supported her, Chi Juxiang would have fallen to the ground.
There was a sudden cheer from the hardware store.
“Found it!”
"The person has been found!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, find the police!"
Mo Liangcai only felt a loud bang in his head, and his heart seemed to be tightly gripped by something, and cold sweat instantly covered his back: What's going on? What did you find? Could it be...
He no longer cared that the police officers from the police station were still in the room and ran to the back door of the hardware store.
Just after running two steps, a group of people rushed into the yard from the back door and shouted loudly: "Officer Chai, come quickly! Qiaomei has been found! Found——"
"What?"
Chi Juxiang's eyes shone with a bright light, and her whole body seemed to be injected with infinite vitality. Her legs and feet were more agile and quick than ever before, and she soon caught up with Mo Liangcai.
"What?"
Chai Zhe was cheered up and looked at the person who came in disbelief. Was Wei Nianqiao really hidden by her biological mother? He waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" He led the other two policemen from the police station out and followed closely behind Chi Juxiang.
In just a few breaths, everyone rushed into the hardware store's warehouse.
Several large shelves were moved away by everyone, revealing a cellar. Xia Mufan carried a skinny girl on his back and climbed up step by step from the wooden ladder at the entrance of the cellar.
The big wolf dog squatted beside the cellar with its tongue hanging out, breathing heavily, its eyes full of excitement.
Chi Juxiang stared blankly at Xia Mufan climbing up with someone on his back. She rushed forward immediately, pulled apart the girl's long hair, and after seeing her face clearly, she burst into a heart-wrenching cry.
"Qiaomei! My Qiaomei——"
Qiaomei slowly opened her eyes, her big eyes looked especially big because of her thinness. Two lines of tears streamed down her cheeks. Her lips trembled, and after a long while she called out in a hoarse voice, "Grandma..." Her voice was as weak as a newborn kitten.
Seeing all this, Mo Liangcai collapsed to the ground, with only one thought in his mind: It's over!
After confirming that Qiaomei's life was safe, Chi Juxiang rushed to Mo Liangcai, kicking and biting like crazy, beating and cursing: "Damn it! Why did you lock up my Qiaomei in this dark place? What did you do to her? Look at how thin she is now? Are you still a human being? I will kill you!"
Tao Dali also rushed forward and kicked Mo Liangcai, who was slumped on the ground, several times: "Damn it! You kidnapped Qiaomei, and you still dare to say there are no Tibetans!"
The villagers of Taojiaping were also furious and spat at Mo Liangcai: "Catch him and shoot him!"
Mo Liangcai didn't dare to resist. He held his head with his hands up and endured the punches and kicks. His whole body was in pain, but at this moment he was more afraid of the police. He looked up and saw Chai Zhe and Xia Mufan shaking hands and talking about something.
Although he could clearly hear the voices of people cursing him, at this moment Mo Liangcai could clearly hear the conversation between Xia Mufan and Chai Zhe.
——"Hello, Officer Chai. I'm Xia Mufan from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Municipal Bureau."
——"Hello, Officer Xia. I've heard a lot about you."
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